Dummy aerial bomb.



E. V. ESKESEN.

DUMMY AERIAL BOMB.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. 1918.

1 ,285,083 1 Patented Nov. 19, 1918 jc/Q- Z WITNESSES I INVENTOR 6/ v f .Jfi/(i/J wk? fl AM M ATTORNEYS ECKARIDT v. ESKESEN, or PERTH AMBOY, new JERSEY.

DUMMY AERIAL BOMB.

To'all whom it-may concern:

Be it known that I, ECKARDT V. ESKESEN, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have madeicertain new and useful Improvements in Dummy Aerial Bombs, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to aerial bombs, and more particularly to dummy bombs utilized in training or in, struction of bomb droppers, my object being the provision of a simple, inex ensive construction, whereby to permit 0 the manufacture of the body of the bomb from plastic material, and distribute the weight so that the center of gravity may be located at the proper and desired point to permit of uti-' lization of the bomb with practical eflicient results.

A further object of myinvention is to provide an economical construction of the present character, the casing or shell of which has its body formed of a suitable plastic material or composition of materials w th means.to secure a relatively lighter tail-piece carrying the guide wings, and with means holding the tail-piece in connect1on with the body and a portion of which means serves alsoto properly distribute weight.

In the accompanying drawing illustratmg my present invention:

Figure: 1 1s a view partly in vertical longitudinal section through-my improvements,

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F1g 2 is a detail section enlarged through a portion of the wing supporting tail. lieferrlng now to these figures, the bomb 1s m the form of a hollow shell or casing,

. the body 10 of which is cylindrical forthe 1 end or base of a The conical tail 14 tapers to an apex lo- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 16, 1918. Serial No. 222,916.

Patented Nov, 19, 1918.

.cated in the axial plane of the body ll) at a point rearwardly beyond the rear end of the body, and between the inner rear edges of the wings 15, the said apex belng best seen at 17 in Fig. 2, and having an open ng for the rear threaded end of a supporting rod 18, the threaded end of which 1s engaged by a nut 19, bearing against the apex 17 of the tail piece.

The rod 18- extends' forwardly through the tail piece 14, and through the body 10 for the major portion of the length of the latter, and is provided with a forward angular end 20 located within the forward portion of the hollow of the body 10, and solidly embedded within a plastic filling 21, which serves to weight the forward end of the bomb, in order to bring the center of gravity approximately at the line indicated in Fig. l.

It is obvious that more or less plastic filling 21 may be required as the particular material of which the body 10 is formed, may be varied, and it is equally obvious that irrespective of the particular amount of such plastic filling, the forward inner end of the rod 18 will be firmly embedded and suflicient support afforded the same to enable it to firmly and uniformly secure the tail piece 14 in its seated relation at the rear end of the body.

As at present contemplated the body 10 may be formed of terra cotta, but it is ob vious that this material may be changed as well as the material of which the tail-piece 14, and wings 15 are formed,v

I claim 1. An aerial bomb of the type described comprising a hollow cylindrical body closed at one end and open at its opposite end, a hollow tail piece at the open end of the body, and having guiding wings, a rod emending axially through the body and having means at one end to engage the tail piece, and a plastic weight distributing material. within the hollow closed end of the body in which the opposite end of the rod is embedded for the purpose described.

2. An aerial bomb of the type described consisting of a body portion closed; at one end and open atits opposite end, a rbd proecting axially within the body and beyond the open end thereof, a. plastic weight distributing material within the hollow body adjacent its closed end and in Whichoneend outwardly Ioeyond end beering against the of said rod is embedded undfi'rmly held, said tail piece, to secure the latter in'posi- 10 the rearwardlyprojecting end of the rod tion. I being threaded, a hollow tail-piece carryin t "'5 Wings, and through which the threaded end E of the rod projects, said tail piece being Witnesses: positioned at the open end of the 'body, and W. R. WARN R, a nut engaging the threaded end of the rod KARL MAT IAS Jr. 

